Male urinal-bag



.F. F. RICHE. MALE URINAL BAG. APPLICAT ON. FILED JULY 29, 1919.

Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

anpemfoz Bjciz e witwaooeo F. F. RICHE.

MALE URINAL BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1919.

1 ,389,5 3 1 Pa ented Aug- 30, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET Z. '39- v 99- FREDERICK F. RICHE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF TROY, NEW YORK.

MALE URINAL-BAG.

Application filed July 29,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK F. RIGHE,

a citizenof the United States, residin at Troy, in the county ofRensselaer and State of New York, have invented new and useful Imrovements' in Male Urinal-Bags, of whlch the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to a male urinal bag and has for itsprimary object to produce a device of this character which may be wornwith ease and comfort by a patient, eitherwhen reclining o .reposing, orwhen in an erect active position, without danger of leakage or damage tothe person or clothing of the wearer. 1

A further object is to produce an article of this character comprising ashield which is 'strapped'or otherwise secured to the person of thepatient and a bag which is removably attached to the shield whereby thelatter may be detached from the shield for emptying, or cleaning, orwhen not desired for immediate use without necessitating the removal ofthe shield.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the inventionis more fully understood, reference being had to the drawings, whichaccompany and form part of this specification.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a view of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the mouth of the bag and through theshield? Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the shield.

Fig. 4 is'a rear elevation thereof.

F 5 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 6 isa sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Mly improvement comprises 'a soft rubber shie d 10 and a soft thinrubber bag 11, which is detachably attached to the shield.

The bag 11 has its edges at the mouth portion '12 thereof turned over across sectionally-round rubber ring 13, the said edges being secured to'the bag proper, thus providing a housing for the rlng.

The shield 10 comprises a member which is round in plan and which isprovided at its inner edge withspaced projecting tabs 14 to which areconnected the adjustable straps 15 that secure the shield on'the personof the user.

The shield has a boss-like protuberance on one face thereof. The face 18of the boss 17 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 313,999.

is arranged at a downward angle or, in other words, the upper edge ofthe boss is spaced farther from the inner face of' the shield than isthe lower edge thereof. The boss is round in plan and is provided with aperipheral continuous groove 19 that is arranged in a line with or thatis parallel to the inclined face of the said-boss. This groove 19 isdesigned to receive the elastic ring 13 in the mouth of the bag 11. Thegroove is of a desired depth so that the walls thereof will befirmlygripped by the ring, or more strictly speaking the ring will cause thepor- I of the groove so that the bag is firmly sup-.

ported by the shield. The bag may, of course, be readily removed foremptying, cleaning or when not desired for immediate use withoutnecessitating the removal of the shield. i

-The outer flat face of the shield has a cup shaped depression 22arranged opposite the boss and provided with a central round opening 20that passes through'the boss. The wall provided by the opening in theboss provides the said boss with what I will term a lip and which isindicated by the numeral 21. I

' The opening 20 is designed to receive therethrough the organ of thepatient and is of suflicient area to freely receive the same and permitthe inner straight face of the shield snugly contacting the abdomen. Thelip 21 contacts with the organ but not with suflicient pressure toinflict injury thereto. The lip serves as a dam or obstructing elementto prevent a passage of the urine from the ba through the opening in theshield when t e patient is in a lfying position, and

tion, when taken in connection with' the drawings that the construction,method of application, advantages and simplicity of the constructionwill be understood and ap-. preciated without further detaileddescrlption.

Havin what is c aimed as new, is

Amale urinal bag of the class described com rising a soft compressiblerubber shie d, a thin rubber bag detachably at tached to said shield, apair of spaced pro- 'jecting tabs provided on the inner edge of thusdescribed the invention,

said shield, a rubber ring being secured to the bag proper which forms ahousing for said ring, a pair of straps secured to said spacedprojecting tabs for attaching said 5 bag to the user, a boss-likeprotuberance angle, a peripheral continuous groove being arranged inparallel relation to said outer vface of said boss, and an annular lipbeing 10 provided on said boss.

In testiinony whereof I afiix my signature.

formed on one face of said shield, the outer face thereof being arrangedat a downward FREDERICK F. RIGHE.

